[Corpora-List] PhD/Postdoctoral positions in syntactic/semantic SMT at HKUST

[Dekai Wu]

[ For details see http://www.cs.ust.hk/~dekai ]

Fully funded PhD and Postdoctoral research positions in Computational
Linguistics and Spoken Language Translation are available at the Human
Language Technology Center at HKUST. The program offers numerous close
collaboration opportunities with other top international research
institutions, including our US and European partners in the DARPA BOLT
and EU-BRIDGE research projects.

PhD scholars will undertake work leading to a dissertation in the
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, with their research
relating to one or more of various fast-moving areas pioneered at
HKUST:

- semantic models in statistical machine translation
- syntax and structure in statistical machine translation
- machine learning of syntactic and semantic models

HKUST is a young, energetic, highly ranked American style research
university offering a very international English-language intellectual
environment, situated on a beautiful waterfront campus in one of the
most cosmopolitan and vibrant hub cities of dynamic Asia.

GRANTS Each student will receive a starting stipend of HK$150,000 per
year (approximately US$19,250), rising after qualifying exams to
HK$160,000 (approximately US$20,500). Graduate students are eligible
for on-campus housing. The program offers generous laboratory,
library, and dedicated HLTC computation server cluster facilities.

REQUISITES The successful candidate will be capable of independent,
creative and careful critical thinking, possess strong communication
skills, and be self-motivated. A strong undergraduate or Masters
background is expected in a relevant area, such as computer science,
computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning,
statistics, pattern recognition or information theory. Strong
programming skills are essential.

APPLICATIONS Candidates should forward their CV to dekai at cs.ust.hk as
soon as possible. Complete applications should also include:

- names, emails, and telephone numbers of three referees
- copy of all university degrees (with English translation)
- transcripts from all university work (with English translation)
- cover letter explaining your motivation for applying, career objectives,
   relevant background experience, interests, programming skills and
   accomplishments, and any other relevant information

-- 
Prof. Dekai Wu   |   dekai at cs.ust.hk   |   http://www.cs.ust.hk/~dekai
HKUST Human Language Technology Center
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
tel +852 2358.7000   |  dir +852 2358.6989   |  fax +852 2358.1477


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